Preparation in Year 4 for new exam format
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:36 pm
So we found out today that ds has been offered a place at SHSB and that got me thinking that I really need to start finding out about the new exam format for dd (currently in Year 4) - we have, in my defence, just moved house, which is why 11+ preparation hasn't been top of my list of priorities this past month... (bad Mummy!).
Dd is very strong at reading and writing, fairly confident word-related VR questions, at but less so at maths and number-based VR problems. Glancing at the new English papers, it seems to me that the first paper is a combination of the same type of comprehension as ds did last September plus the same kind of VR-type questions. The continuous writing paper looks fairly straightforward (but I guess we won't know for sure until after this year's exam).
Does anyone know if there is an increased NVR element in the new maths paper? Maths is really not my forte and, in ds's case, I was lucky that he is very good at maths (much better than his parents!), so it was just a matter of him sitting down and doing practice papers. Dd is going to need more coaching in maths, which is rather nerve-wracking (I may have to bribe ds to get involved lol). I think what I am asking is whether I need to get hold of some NVR practice books/papers. (We have a mountain of old-style English, maths and VR papers).
What are other Year 4 parents doing at the moment?
Sorry for rather garbled message - if anyone can work out what I'm trying to say and provide any answers, I'd be extremely grateful!
Dd is very strong at reading and writing, fairly confident word-related VR questions, at but less so at maths and number-based VR problems. Glancing at the new English papers, it seems to me that the first paper is a combination of the same type of comprehension as ds did last September plus the same kind of VR-type questions. The continuous writing paper looks fairly straightforward (but I guess we won't know for sure until after this year's exam).
Does anyone know if there is an increased NVR element in the new maths paper? Maths is really not my forte and, in ds's case, I was lucky that he is very good at maths (much better than his parents!), so it was just a matter of him sitting down and doing practice papers. Dd is going to need more coaching in maths, which is rather nerve-wracking (I may have to bribe ds to get involved lol). I think what I am asking is whether I need to get hold of some NVR practice books/papers. (We have a mountain of old-style English, maths and VR papers).
What are other Year 4 parents doing at the moment?
Sorry for rather garbled message - if anyone can work out what I'm trying to say and provide any answers, I'd be extremely grateful!